Re: Newbie Question: Windows Explorer
From: taharka (taharka@HotPOP.com)Date: 10/04/02
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From: "taharka" <taharka@HotPOP.com> Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 20:58:41 GMT
"Larry G" <thelarry_g3@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I've tried two firewalls so far: ZoneAlarm and Outpost. On both of these,
> whenever I connect to a webpage *Windows Explorer*, the file manager
> (explorer.exe) asks for permission to access the 'net whenever I wish to
> access a webpage. If I deny it permission, I cannot access websites.
>
> I've been told that many people deny *Windows Explorer*, the file manager,
> access to the 'net with firewalls because if you give them permission,
this
> opens up your whole hard drive to potential abuse. Others seem nonchalant
> about this question, and matter of fact that explorer.exe should access
the
> 'net because it is part of MS integrated browser with the OS.
>
> So, which is it? Is it normal for *Windows Explorer* to request
permission
> to access the 'net when going to websites? I would have thought it would
be
> Internet Explorer (iexplore.exe) that would request the permission. Some
> people say that they can deny *Windows Explorer* access to the 'net, and
> still go to websites on IE. However, I cannot. I've checked for trojans,
> and my system is reported clean. Am I still adequately protected with a
> firewall if I grant it permission?
>
> Thanks for any clarifications on this subject. Am I still protected by
the
> firewall, if I grant *Windows Explorer* access to the internet in order to
> go to websites on IE.
>
> Running:
> Windows 98SE
> Compaq 5834
>
> Larry
Had the exact same problem on my IBM laptop/98SE. Unrelated to
ZoneAlarm/Outpost though. Problem appeared after an IE 6.0 update from
Microsoft's website. :-(
The following proceedure is a fix for Win2K/XP but it worked for my Win98SE.
1.) run regedit
2.) drill down to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BrowseN
ewProcess
3.) If the value of this key is set to "No", change it to "Yes".
4.) Exit regedit & reboot your computer.
The theory behind this is, if this key is set to "No", all browsing will
occur within the single "Explorer" process.
Hope this works for you, it sure did the trick for me. :-)
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